– Serge Carbonell
The blog of Mercotte
The recipe forMercotte sauce for the pasta, rice:
Inspired by the traditional white butter but simplified to the extreme, this sauce made in 5 minutes flat has a lot of success, it accompanies all kinds of dishes and is a delight for children.
Ingredients : 1 chopped shallot, 1 glass of dry white wine, 1 Knorr chicken stock cube [ j’y tiens c’est le plus parfumé et le plus moelleux !] 20cl of Bridélice liquid cream 15%, [ il faut penser à diminuer les graisses !] a dash of tabasco, a few drops of lemon juice, no salt because of the broth. And depending on the use of basil, tarragon, sorrel, chives, diced fresh peeled tomato, or 30g of Roquefort cheese and walnut kernels, fried bacon bits or curry…
The course : Reduce the white wine, shallot and broth until dry in a saucepan. Add the cream, tabasco and lemon, give a broth and flavor according to your choice!
With tarragon, it is delicious with steamed potatoes and sprinkled with shavings of smoked salmon. With basil or bacon it goes well with pasta, with sorrel or spinach it accompanies fish. In curry, it can be served with diced pork tenderloin or chicken breasts browned for 10 minutes over high heat in a pan, etc. according to your imagination!
Tips : if you’re really in a hurry or in a hurry, you can use Mr Picard’s frozen shallots. There is also no need to dissolve the chicken stock cube, nor to stir the wine + shallot + stock mixture, just wait until there is more liquid. This sauce can also be prepared in advance, it warms up by adding 1 tbsp of water and whisking over low heat. [ enfin ça c’est surtout s’il en reste , car comme elle se réalise en 5mn, je ne vois pas trop l’intérêt de la préparer en avance !]
Important ..Corrections in 2010 : our eating habits are constantly changing and especially now we look carefully at the composition of products. I have therefore replaced for a few years the Knorr broth by cubes of organic broth -of course the best thing is still to make your own broths- but as this recipe is a quick, practical and last-minute recipe, you don’t always have it on hand!
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– Marie Etchegoyen
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